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Hanover (dpa / lni) - The Greens in the Lower Saxony state parliament have criticized the tight deadlines in a federal funding program for the conversion of sow stalls.
The deadline for participation runs until mid-March 2021, the renovation in the stable must be completed by the end of 2021 in order to be eligible for 40 percent of the total costs.
"You get the impression that the conversion program was specially designed so that it is hardly possible to call up the funding," said the agricultural policy spokeswoman for the Greens in the state parliament, Miriam Staudte, of the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung".
This would drive many farms into ruin.
Staudte called on Lower Saxony's Agriculture Minister Barbara Otte-Kinast (CDU) to advertise to the federal government for an extension of the deadline.
In the summer, the Federal Council set the course for changes in the often critical attitude of sows.
Crate stands in the deck area of the stables should no longer be permitted after a transition period of eight years.
Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner (CDU) provided 300 million euros in funding for the conversion.
In an answer to the parliamentary group of the Greens, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Agriculture had admitted that the modifications and accounting could not be implemented in the period specified by the federal program.
In addition, the 300 million euros made available could be due for Lower Saxony alone if all the state's sow farmers submit applications.
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Information on the barn conversion program